NVIDIA Quad SLI by dell... - Page 3

proffesso · 7th January 2006, 1:02 AM

meh...I used to own a full length graphics card (even had the front plane supports :P)

(http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/bi...6/wildcat1.jpg)
the Nvidia quad would be cheaper too

anyway, does it really matter how big this is?

'shit, this $2000 card is too big for my $150 case...whatever will I do?'

Darko · 7th January 2006, 1:10 AM

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Originally Posted by proffesso

meh...I used to own a full length graphics card (even had the front plane supports :P)

(http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/bi...6/wildcat1.jpg)
the Nvidia quad would be cheaper too

anyway, does it really matter how big this is?

'shit, this $2000 card is too big for my $150 case...whatever will I do?'

You know what they say.....size really does matter, but anyway, it looks like they're going backwards with card design.

FB008 · 7th January 2006, 1:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Darko

You know what they say.....size really does matter, but anyway, it looks like they're going backwards with card design.

http://www.overclockers.com.au/image...s/bf3d2000.jpg

Zoiks · 7th January 2006, 1:37 AM

when I saw that, i litrally said out loud:

"thats just stupid"

I stand by my words

Saiyan_Overlord · 7th January 2006, 1:38 AM

Now all I need is some money

. Or alternitavely I could threaten to bomb nVIDA'S head office

.

spootmonkey · 7th January 2006, 1:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Darko

... if Asus can fit two cores on the one PCB and still manage to have a much shorter card ...

... which is also much taller, requires an external powerpack and offers unproven longevity or reliability.

Darko · 7th January 2006, 2:01 AM

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Originally Posted by spootmonkey

... which is also much taller, requires an external powerpack and offers unproven longevity or reliability.

Alright alright, you've convinced me........I'll take two of the really long ones thanks.
And my girlfriend wants to know if batteries are included.

Darko · 7th January 2006, 2:05 AM

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Originally Posted by FB008

http://www.overclockers.com.au/image...s/bf3d2000.jpg

Actually, cancel that previous order, I'll take one of these instead

proffesso · 7th January 2006, 2:06 AM

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Originally Posted by FB008

http://www.overclockers.com.au/image...s/bf3d2000.jpg

haha....256mb of ram seemed outragous enough of idea at the time to be thrown into that pic.

256mb of ram was sooo last year :P

prezident doom · 7th January 2006, 2:48 AM

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Originally Posted by FB008

http://www.overclockers.com.au/image...s/bf3d2000.jpg

lol... i love the different chips on the one card

jtir · 7th January 2006, 6:37 AM

It's genuine

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_quadsli.html

http://www.dell.com/CES

[SweN] · 7th January 2006, 7:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jtir

It's genuine

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_quadsli.html

http://www.dell.com/CES

yes, genuinely stupid. i mean c'mon, in 3-6 months the architecture will be outdated and we will have whole lines of new cards.

i wish they would stop flogging this gimick as the new 'direction' and get back to making cards.

sure the geek thats deeply entrenched in me thinks this is fantastic, but then reality slaps me upside my forehead and i wonder why this 'ohh but my penis is bigger' competition with sli/x-fire is even going on.

id like to see the old days of new, faster technology, that was actually available at release again. not this, oh we overclocked a particular batch of vapourware that we found behind the dustbin, so we're gunna sell 0 units for twice as much!!!

Quote:

Imagine tearing through today's most advanced PC games with an unheard of 41 gigapixels per second of raw graphics performance, 5.2 teraflops of compute power, 96 pixel pipes, and an astounding 2 GB of on-board graphics memory. Nothing can stop you when you have this kind of hardware on your side.

and how are people going to buy these buy the way? sacks of money? one cards going to cost around half, if not more, of the average persons credit card limit!

too bad if youve got a 2k limit.

groovetek · 7th January 2006, 7:46 AM

you see - the introduction of SLI has been really depressing to me - i simply cannot be friggn bothered with keeping to the latest and greatest with graphics anymore... it's no longer about the skill of vmodding/cooling a card - it's just how much dough you and and how many cards you can buy now apparently, lol...

can't be stuffed - this crazy quad-SLI is gonna score like 40K in 3dmark05 - just you watch - I bet some dude on XS is going to break this 40K barrier with an insane rig like this...

what i would be interested in however - is if they managed to somehow phase change all 4 gpus... that i'd read.

Voltus · 7th January 2006, 7:51 AM

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Originally Posted by groovetek

i simply cannot be friggn bothered with keeping to the latest and greatest with graphics anymore... it's no longer about the skill of vmodding/cooling a card - it's just how much dough you and and how many cards you can buy now apparently, lol...

what i would be interested in however - is if they managed to somehow phase change all 4 gpus... that i'd read.

these are very good points

lowdog · 7th January 2006, 11:44 AM

LOL, cut and paste from Nvidia site:

Imagine tearing through today's most advanced PC games with an unheard of 41 gigapixels per second of raw graphics performance, 5.2 teraflops of compute power, 96 pixel pipes, and an astounding 2 GB of on-board graphics memory. Nothing can stop you when you have this kind of hardware on your side.

How's the last bit in bold............what a wank!!!, wtf do they think people are.....idiots with money to burn......perhaps they are right.

7th January 2006, 1:02 AM	#31
proffesso Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Watsonia, Melbourne Posts: 8,617	meh...I used to own a full length graphics card (even had the front plane supports :P) (http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/bi...6/wildcat1.jpg) the Nvidia quad would be cheaper too anyway, does it really matter how big this is? 'shit, this $2000 card is too big for my $150 case...whatever will I do?' __________________ If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

7th January 2006, 1:37 AM	#34
Zoiks Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ashgrove, QLD Posts: 3,038	when I saw that, i litrally said out loud: "thats just stupid" I stand by my words __________________ "Climate Scientists are a really funny bunch, they are the only Scientists that wake up every morning and hope that they're wrong." - Lesley Hughes, Climate Scientist Who would be the best person to listen to on the topic of climate science?

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7th January 2006, 6:37 AM	#41
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7th January 2006, 7:46 AM	#43
groovetek Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SE Melbourne, 3150 Posts: 2,971	you see - the introduction of SLI has been really depressing to me - i simply cannot be friggn bothered with keeping to the latest and greatest with graphics anymore... it's no longer about the skill of vmodding/cooling a card - it's just how much dough you and and how many cards you can buy now apparently, lol... can't be stuffed - this crazy quad-SLI is gonna score like 40K in 3dmark05 - just you watch - I bet some dude on XS is going to break this 40K barrier with an insane rig like this... what i would be interested in however - is if they managed to somehow phase change all 4 gpus... that i'd read. __________________ DNA Tuning (Australia)

7th January 2006, 11:44 AM	#45
lowdog Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dreamland. Posts: 3,869	LOL, cut and paste from Nvidia site: Imagine tearing through today's most advanced PC games with an unheard of 41 gigapixels per second of raw graphics performance, 5.2 teraflops of compute power, 96 pixel pipes, and an astounding 2 GB of on-board graphics memory. Nothing can stop you when you have this kind of hardware on your side. How's the last bit in bold............what a wank!!!, wtf do they think people are.....idiots with money to burn......perhaps they are right. __________________